Hey guys this might just suck a little bit! Haha I was very tired when I wrote it!

Thanks for all the reviews guys they make my day :).

I have so much homework lately it isn't fit! Ugh!

Anyways thanks for being patient with me guys and I hope you like it I know that it is taking a while for what you are all waiting for but it is coming I promise!

-Catherine

P.S. I just figured out that I love strawberry jam!

I crept in quietly through the back door and tiptoed up the stairs to my –Dimitri's- room. I was careful not to make any noise and I slipped by almost completely silently but once I reached my room and opened the door I saw Yeva sitting on the small bed with tears glistening in her eyes. I was shocked this was unlike the proud and mischievous old woman that I knew.

"Yeva?" I said cautiously. "What's wrong?"

"Y-you should be dead," she whimpered. "I woke up because you suddenly slipped out of my vision all together. I came to check on you and here was your unmade bed."

My eyes followed hers to the bed that I had not bothered to make.

"I'm sorry Yeva I was just out for a run, maybe I was too far away," I said awkwardly. I was hoping that she would fall for my lie. Actually it wasn't really lying just bending the truth a little. I kept my facial features as guardian-like as possible remembering all the times that Dimitri had said that I was a horrible liar despite my own thoughts on the subject.

"No Rose my sight as no distance sure the first time I saw you it was you and Dimitri getting married," Yeva said thoughtfully.

"Dimitri and I would have gotten married?" I gasped thinking of the thought; of me and Dimitri sitting on a porch bench with gray hair. Of course that probably wouldn't have happened even if we had gotten married one of us would probably gotten killed by a strigoi at one time or another plus I could never really picture me sitting calmly on a porch bench ... or with gray hair.

Yeva nodded. "It was near the beginning of March."

I thought back to the time when the strigoi had appeared, when Lissa had gone on rampage, Dimitri and I in the cabin and then the next morning saying everything would work out somehow. Did he mean that he was considering getting married? I sniffed trying to get the tears back into my eyes. What was wrong with me? Bad ass Rose Hathaway never cried, never. Okay maybe every once and a while but I was never this emotional before but then again I had changed a lot since the beginning of September and really since the beginning of my life. Dimitri had changed me. Love had.

"Oh well that's good to know I suppose," I said composing myself.

"Anyways where were you?" Yeva asked while she squinted her eyes.

I couldn't tell her truth. I couldn't besides she would just get worked up and tell everyone and besides it really wasn't that big a deal I was alive wasn't I? It wasn't like I was hurt or anything, oh yeah right the broken nose. I walked over to the mirror and I saw that blood was crusted over my face as well as my clothes. I was actually surprised that Yeva had kept her cool.

"Well I was running and I ran into a strigoi," I clenched my teeth waiting for an outburst.

"Okay," Yeva nodded. "Well you must be tired, get to sleep." She then walked out for the room. She walked out of the room .For Christ's sake! Here she was interrogating me and then all she had to say was go to sleep. Like seriously no 'Are you okay?' or 'Do you want anything?'

This was one queer grandma but I could see where Dimitri got his mysterious allure from. I would have laughed if I wasn't so pissed. I climbed into the bed mentally grumbling to myself and fell asleep. The next thing I knew I was in Dimitri's arms.

"Dimitri," I sighed. Then my tone changed. "Just so you know Yeva is a nut."

He laughed at my irritated tone.

"Oh my Roza what did she do?"

"Well she totally interrogated me for why I was out of bed and then when I finally told her that I went for a run and got attacked by a strigoi-" I stopped suddenly seeing the fierce look in Dimitri's eyes.

"It was nothing Dimitri really," I waved it off with my hand thinking about the fight that had occurred a few hours earlier.

"And then she just said you must be tired and walked off!" I growled irritated. "Like seriously she is so curious to know what happened and then she just doesn't care."

Dimitri ran his hands through my hair and smiled. "She isn't nuts she just cares about you."

"She cares about me right," I said doubtfully. "Maybe in an alternate universe," I grumbled under my breath.

"Anyways besides your recent attack what has been going on in your life?"

I frowned; thinking of how much Dimitri was missing and really how lonely he must be all the time.

"Well we are going to see Robert Doru," I told him.

"Who's he?" Dimitri asked.

Oh right he didn't know anything about Robert Doru.

"Well like I started to tell you last time about Mark's wife well we found her and she found Robert. Robert is a spirit user who claims to have brought back people from strigoi form and into their old selves but only Victor Dashkov knows where he is well except us so we are going to go um well take him from Victor," I explained quickly in a rush.

"Wait a minute why is he with Victor?" Dimitri said his eyes and tone menacing.

"Oh there brothers," I looked down at the floor not how Dimitri would handle this.

"Rose don't you go getting yourself in danger for me-"

"It's not dangerous really Dimitri they are the only two there."

"In the jail?" Dimitri asked sceptically.

"Oh no Victor escaped."

"What?!"

"Oh yeah I thought you knew anyways we are going to find him tomorrow and see if we can bring him back."

"Still Roza it could be danger-" I cut him up.

"Shut up Comrade I'm going to try and save you whether you like it or not. Now kiss me," I demanded.

And that's just what he did. He bent down to me while I wrapped my arms around him and our lips met. This felt just like it did in the real world and I knew that heaven existed. I smiled against his lips and kissed him passionately. I opened his lips and we were totally with each other. My hands tangled into his silky brown hair and I pulled in all different directions while his hands did the same to mine.

"I love you Comrade," I murmured against his lips.

"I love you Roza," he whispered back. I just melted when he called me that although I'm pretty sure he hated my own nickname for him. Then Dimitri started to fade and it was just a bit too familiar.

"Bye Dimitri I'll see you soon," I smiled at him wistfully.

"Yes Roza I will speak to you as soon as I can," Dimitri waved goodbye and I expected myself to crash into darkness instead I woke up.

"Rose! Rose wake up!" Lissa was shoving me over and over again.

"Lissa," I growled at her. "You better have a perfectly good explanation for waking me up."

"Rose we have to go now! Sydney is here," Lissa said anxiously. Immediately I was out of bed with a brush in my hand. I illuminated the tangles fiercely and then I all but ran down the stairs forgetting why I was mad at Lissa.

"Sydney," I smiled at her which I hoped to be warmly and I saw her talking to Adrian god help me I hope she doesn't murder him. Actually that would be a very amusing thing to watch. Poisonous thoughts wracked my brain; Sydney running after Adrian with a pitchfork. I chuckled out loud and that turned the attention onto me.

"What's so funny Rose?" Eddie asked anxiously like he suspected that I would go mad at any second. Which was totally unfair after all I hardly ever lost control of myself; hardly being the key word. I replayed the scene in my head to find Lissa funny. Well at least she wasn't mad at me. Eddie and Christian glanced warily between me and Lissa.

"You know if this is about me I have a right to know," Christian insisted.

"It's not about you Sparky don't worry Lissa wasn't telling me any of your dirty little secrets," I smirked.

"Rose!" I suddenly heard a squeal behind me and looked to see Viktoria.

"Viktoria!" I ran over to her and hugged her. "I'm sorry that we haven't spent much time together," I told her sincerely. "But my next visit will last much longer," I whispered into her ear.

She smiled a billion watt smile just like Dimitri's. I thought back to my slumber of the night before when I had seen that very smile. "And next time I come I want to hear all about you and Nikolai," I whispered into her ear and I saw her blush.

"Okay," she whined. "I'll see you soon right?"

"Yes," I confirmed for I don't know maybe the billionth time?

I turned to Olena. "Thanks for everything," I whispered into her ear. "And I'm getting your Dimka and my Comrade back."

I pulled back to see that she looked puzzled. "Comrade?" She said questionably but I just shook it off.

"I'll see you soon."

Adrian, Christian, Sydney, Eddie and Lissa were waiting by the door but I had one more person to see before I left.

"Yeva?" I looked around the foyer expecting to see her lurking in a corner somewhere.

Olena pointed towards the ceiling where Paul, Karolina and Sonya were sleeping along with Yeva I suppose.

"Hold on one minute," I said quickly as I dashed up the stairs.

"Ro-" Lissa protested but her voice faded quickly as I bounded up. I heard the rest of her statement through our bond though.

Don't wake her it's impolite. That was my Lissa.

I knocked three quick raps on the door to see Yeva wearing that familiar grin.

"I wanted to say goodbye," I told her.

She muttered a few words in Russian which I understood to be profanities. Man Dimitri really had to teach me those once I got him back. If I did.

"Goodbye Rose and don't run into too much trouble," she said in her thick Russian accent.

"I don't run into trouble, trouble runs to me," I winked at her and ran down the stairs to join the others.